diff --git a/rpcs3.sln b/rpcs3.sln
index 1c84b1e4e3..180ae13212 100644
--- a/rpcs3.sln
+++ b/rpcs3.sln
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "OpenAL", "rpcs3\OpenAL.vcxp
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "libpng", "libpng", "{A17D34F1-7E3E-4841-818D-3B7C6F5AF829}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libpng", "libpng\projects\vstudio\libpng\libpng.vcxproj", "{D6973076-9317-4EF2-A0B8-B7A18AC0713E}"
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libpng", "3rdparty\libpng\projects\vstudio\libpng\libpng.vcxproj", "{D6973076-9317-4EF2-A0B8-B7A18AC0713E}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
 		{60F89955-91C6-3A36-8000-13C592FEC2DF} = {60F89955-91C6-3A36-8000-13C592FEC2DF}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "zlib", "zlib", "{F0C19EFA-EDD0-43F2-97C1-18E865E96B4E}"
 EndProject
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "zlib", "libpng\projects\vstudio\zlib\zlib.vcxproj", "{60F89955-91C6-3A36-8000-13C592FEC2DF}"
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "zlib", "3rdparty\libpng\projects\vstudio\zlib\zlib.vcxproj", "{60F89955-91C6-3A36-8000-13C592FEC2DF}"
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Vulkan", "Vulkan", "{09AD61F7-97FE-4FF8-8F7F-63FEA9B746F4}"
 EndProject
diff --git a/zlib.props b/zlib.props
index 653d7897ce..6957ff5f01 100644
--- a/zlib.props
+++ b/zlib.props
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	 versions do not match.  The zlib version used in this build is recorded
 	 below:
      -->
-    <ZLibSrcDir>..\..\..\..\wxWidgets\src\zlib\</ZLibSrcDir>
+    <ZLibSrcDir>$(SolutionDir)wxWidgets\src\zlib\</ZLibSrcDir>
 
     <!-- The following line allows compilation for an ARM target with Visual
          Studio 2012.  Notice that this is not supported by the Visual Studio